Word: bias
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...working-class, assuming they are paid-in-kind tuxedo-factory laborers). It would seem that party grants also served a limited populace, since statistics say that in 200 times only X percent of Harvard students drank alcohol. However, I believe much of this data is (outdated / skewed by observer bias / taken from a bunch of kids who wouldn’t know a party if it started grinding them from behind...
...People don't perceive risk," says Mileti. "People actually perceive that they are safe." To override that bias, you have to talk to people in a language their brains understand...
...UPDATE: Separate but related: Maybe they fear that describing consequences will seem like they're advocating an action, which will in turn seem like bias - in which case, it's a classic instance of letting the appearance of "balance" get in the way of actual, vital information...
...This may spring from political bias, but I tend to think McCain did far worse than he could even imagine, all before opening his mouth. I watched the debate distractedly and intermittently (as, I imagine, many American voters did), and thus my conclusion about the affair could only be an aesthetic one: that Barack Obama looks ready to lead, no matter what his opponent’s ads might say, and that John McCain looks like a tired old crank...
...education of other American children—those whose parents happen to make more money. Until the evils of bad policy and lack of funds are addressed within American secondary school education, higher education—and its admissions procedures—can never be free of socioeconomic bias...